burnt sugar
Heated past golden
Burnt sugar is sugar that has been heated until it caramelizes and darkens, developing a deep, bittersweet flavor.
It's used as a coloring and flavoring in cooking, baking, and beverages: The rum gets its color from burnt sugar.
The term overlaps with caramel, though burnt sugar often implies a darker, more intensely flavored result.
- caramelCooked sugar confection
- caramel sauceCooked sugar condiment
- toffeeCaramelized sugar confection
- molassesSyrup from cane processing
- smokyFilled with combustion haze
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- burntcharred, scorched, singed, blackened, char
- caramelcaramel, salted caramel, salted caramels, caramel chews, caramel sauce
- caramelisingbrowning, candy making, caramel sauce, dulce de leche, butterscotch
- dessert toppingschocolate chips, sprinkles, rainbow sprinkles, whipped cream, caramel sauce
- sweet tastessweet, sweetness, honeyed, syrupy, saccharine
- browningbrowning, caramelization, searing, toasting, roasting
degree of caramelization/cooking
burnt sugarraw sugar
Minimally processed cane crystals
white sugar · granulated sugar · sugar crystals · crystallized sugar · refined sugar
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